Lord's Resistance Army

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 14, 2015

Dominic Ongwen, captured Ugandan rebel commander in Lord's Resistance Army, will be turned over to International Criminal Court at the Hague; he is accused of helping to plan massacres and kidnap children; army leader Joseph Kony is at large. MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

State Dept says man claiming to be Dominic Ongwen, senior commander in African guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army, surrendered to military task force of United States and African Union; officials are attempting to confirm his identity; group is led by fugitive warlord Joseph Kony. MORE

Nov. 22, 2013

Speculation has increased that Joseph Kony, elusive Lord's Resistance Army commander, may negotiate his surrender, ending a long, murderous rampage; Kony has been indicted on war crimes and has been hiding in jungles in the Central African Republican. MORE

Apr. 4, 2013

United States offers reward of up to $5 million each for fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and some of his top aides in Lord's Resistance Army rebel group; Kony is wanted by International Criminal Court. MORE

Jan. 22, 2013

Ugandan Army announces that its troops in Central African Republic have killed chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, fugitive leader of Lord's Resistance Army. MORE

May. 14, 2012

Ugandan forces capture Caesar Acellam, senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, after brief fight with rebels near the border between Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. MORE

Apr. 30, 2012

One hundred of America’s elite Special Operations troops, aided by night vision scopes and satellite imagery, are helping African forces find a wig-wearing, gibberish-speaking fugitive rebel commander named Joseph Kony; he has been hiding out in the jungle for years with a band of child soldiers and a harem of dozens of child brides; no one knows exactly where he is, but over the past few months the American forces, who play an advise and assist role, have helped diminish his ability to direct his 300 or so fighters. MORE

Mar. 24, 2012

African Union plans to launch new operation against the Lord’s Resistance Army, Ugandan rebel group led by Joseph Kony that has been terrorizing parts of central Africa for more than 20 years. MORE

Mar. 20, 2012

Ugandan government is scrambling to react to the worldwide attention it has received from the Kony 2012 video, which focuses on the brutality of rebel leader Joseph Kony; officials are mobilizing diplomatic staff members around the world, fearing the video could damage the country's investment climate, but are aware that it could also present investment and tourism opportunities. MORE

Mar. 15, 2012

Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column attempts to address some of the criticisms of the 'Kony 2012' YouTube video, which documents the atrocities committed by Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony; announces the winner of his 2012 win-a-trip contest. MORE

Mar. 10, 2012

Invisible Children's YouTube video Kony 2012 about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army spurs debate; critics say movie misleads viewers by suggesting that the LRA is still present in Uganda and that the rebel group counts up to 30,000 child soldiers in its ranks. MORE

Mar. 9, 2012

Jason Russell, using social media, has drawn enormous amount of attention to the abuses of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda; since being posted, Russell's video, KONY 2012, has attracted more than 50 million views and has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations; critics point out that it is not until halfway through the video that it is noted that the war he describes is no longer happening in Uganda, but that it has moved to other, more fragile countries. MORE

Oct. 18, 2011

American officials say most military advisers being sent to Uganda to help track down brutal guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army will stay in Uganda, which group has not attacked in years. MORE

Oct. 15, 2011

Pres Obama announces the deployment of 100 armed military advisers to central Africa to help regional forces combat the Lord's Resistance Army, notorious renegade group that originated as a Ugandan rebel group in the 1980s and has morphed into a marauding cultlike group of killers and rapists. MORE

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